Folding adjustable window screen



May i3 1924.

J. A. WHALEN FOLDING ADJUSTABLE wmnow somma FledrMay 1l. 1922 VEZ@ - Afroze/v5 y Patented May i3, i924.

JOHN ALOYIOUS WHALEN, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TOJAMES GARDNER CHRISPIN AND ONE-THIRD TO LEWIS XITTINGER MILLER, BOTH OfFCINCINNATI, OHIO.

FOLDING ADJUSTABLE WINDOW SCREEN.

Application filed May 11, 1922. Serial No. 560,209.

T0 all whom t may concer/n.:

Be it known that I, JOHN AnoYOUs VVHALEN, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and resident of 611 Richmond Street, Cincinnati. in thecounty of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have inventedl certain new anduseful Improvements in "FoldingAdjustable Window Screens;l and I dohereby declare the following to be a full and. exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and making apart of this specification.

Mv invent-ion relates to folding adjustable window screens, and it hasfor its object the improvement in construction of such devices wherebythey are simpliied and rendered more eicient in action. i

The novelty of my invention consists in the combination andsub-combination of the parts as will be hereinafter set forthandspeciically pointed out in the claim.

ln the drawings, Fig. #l is an edge view of a folding adjustable windowscreen, eni-` bodying the improvements.

Fig #2 is a side front view showing the adjustable hinges and catch forlocking.

Fig. #3 shows screen unlocked and hinge bent so screen can be insertedinto Window after it has been set to length.

Fig. #4 is a section on line 4. 4.

A is the frame of the screen.

B the woven wire forming the screen.

B2 are corrugations formed in the woven wire to enable the screen to beextended or shortened to suit the window to be fitted.

C is an angle adjustable hinge provided with slots C2, and screws C3, topermit of adjustment the screw C3 locking the screen when it has beenadjusted to length desired. D is a catch pivoted at D2 and having ascrew D3 for holding the catch D when the screen is in a straightosition. E are stiifeners to support the wire screen where the frame Ais cut in two. The operation of my device is as follows: A window forwhich the screen is to be used -is measured, the screws C3 `in the slotsC2 of the hinges C are loosened and the screen pulled out to the desiredlength and the screws screwed down solid again. locking the screen andholding it to the length to which it was adjusted. The corrugation B2permits the screen to be lengthened or shortened as may be desired. Thehinge C was made in the form of an angle so as to close the openingsthat the corrugationsBZ'would leave if not covered over by the top ofthe hinge C. After the screen has been adjusted to the desired length toplace it in the window the catch D is unhooked and turned back so thescreen can be turned on the hinge C as shown in Fig. #3; this willshorten the screen so that it can be placed in the Wiudow andstraightened out and the latch D locked when the screen is in thewindow.

Having nowdescribed this invention and' explained the mode 0f itsoperation, what I claim is, v

The combination in a folding adjustable window screen, having twosections, with "Wapen space in center, corrugated wire screen insertedwithin th-isspace, the two sections` united -by symmetrically slottedadjustable hinges made of angle iron, provided with catch lock, allsubstantially as described.

JOHN ALOYIOUS WHALEN. Witnesses:

J. C. LEMON, PAUL S. SHIELD.

